trite

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• trīt
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• Received-Pronunciation: /tɹaɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: /tɹaɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: [tɹʌɪt] Canadian raising
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• Australian: /tɹɑet/
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• New-Zealand: /tɹaɪt/
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• New-Zealand: [tɹɑe̯t]
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• homophone: tryte
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• rhymes with -aɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: T R AY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin trītus (“worn out”), perfect passive participle of terō (“to wear away, wear out”).

Unadapted borrowing from Latin tritē, from Ancient Greek τρίτη (trítē, literally “third [string]”).

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изтъркан (iztǎrkan) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Bulgarian: банален (banalen) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Chinese Mandarin: 陳腐 /陈腐 (chénfǔ) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Chinese Mandarin: 平凡 (píngfán) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Czech: banální — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Czech: otřelý — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Czech: otřepaný — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Czech: vyčpělý — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Dutch: afgezaagd — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Dutch: banaal — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Dutch: versleten — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Finnish: banaali — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Finnish: kulunut — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Finnish: lattea — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• French: banal — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• French: éculé — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• French: trivial — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• German: abgedroschen — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• German: banal — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• German: nichtssagend — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• German: platt — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Greek: κοινότοπος (koinótopos) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Greek: τετριμμένος (tetrimménos) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Hungarian: banális — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Hungarian: elcsépelt — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Hungarian: elkoptatott — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Ido: triviala — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Irish: seanchaite — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Japanese: ありふれた (arifureta) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Japanese: 陳腐な (chinpu-na) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Manx: ceaut — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Manx: shenn-cheaut — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Norwegian: trivielt — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Portuguese: banal — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Portuguese: gasto — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Russian: бана́льный (banálʹnyj) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Russian: изби́тый (izbítyj) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Russian: шабло́нный (šablónnyj) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Russian: зата́сканный (zatáskannyj) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Scottish Gaelic: lom — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Serbo-Croatian: ба̀на̄лан — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Serbo-Croatian: излизан — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀тр̄ца̄н — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Serbo-Croatian: bànālan — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Serbo-Croatian: izlizan — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Serbo-Croatian: òtr̄cān — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Slovene: zguljen — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Spanish: manido — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Spanish: tópico — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Spanish: trillado — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Swedish: banal — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Swedish: sliten — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Swedish: trivial — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Swedish: utnött — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Swedish: utsliten — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Ukrainian: банальний (banalʹnyj) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Ukrainian: стоптаний (stoptanyj) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial
• Ukrainian: заїжджений (zajiždženyj) — used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out, stereotyped, trivial